Welcome Welcome to Hawthorn : Pick 7, Cam MacKenzie, extends to 2026!

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[toomanysquibs]

Lol is that the expression? I've heard people say that, but I thought it was 'early days'...

It is the correct expression – probably becoming more obscure at a guess. But means 'at the start or beginning'. It's also a term with a meaning relating specifically to sport.

 

[smish]

Loved the side step in the middle and delivery to Dear

 

[eaglespremiers]

Better than Ashcroft and Sheezel?

Well he was better than both of them at the Dragons in 2022.
Sure, they both excelled last year, but there are many many threads littered on this site which has early crows about one player being better than the other, and usually these early-crow threads are 3-5 years into a career (not simply considering two players first years).
I always felt that Mackenzie had the right blend to excel as a 2nd touch outside midfielder. He's very quick, evasive and at U18 level he demonstrated elite disposal by foot. It's understandable that this may take some time to get back to the same quality at AFL level. But if you teamed him with an elite inside bull I predict he'll develop into an exceptional asset.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Has he put on any more size? Can't compare weights from season to season, any more.

Definitely looks more solid.

Same too with Hustwaite.

 

[The Jet From Poowong]

Developing well but his tackling still needs to improve a fair bit to get to the required level. When drafted a lot of these kids are good offensively and can play early because of it but their defensive skills need work.

 

[Roger Rogerson]

Looks better as a midfield receiver in space than first dibs ball winner.

Seems flat footed at times blokes seem to be able to get away from him and he doesn’t have the jets to make up the ground.

 

[Argy]

Has he put on any more size? Can't compare weights from season to season, any more.

The correct expressions is: Has he been embiggened?

 

[cryptor]

The correct expressions is: Has he been embiggened?

Both are perfectly cromulent uses.

 

[Sixpence]

It's a perfectly cromulent expression like 'The early door gets the worm'.

"The early door embiggens the smallest forward"


Haven't heard it used to reference birds before, but OK - I guess replacing 'door' with 'bird' kinda works.

Can we kill two birds with one door?

 

[grumbleguts]

It's a perfectly cromulent expression like 'The early door gets the worm'.

I like using the word "cromulent" when there isn't an adequate or acceptable word to use in its stead.

 

[grumbleguts]

Can we kill two birds with one door?

Is the door catholic.

Does a door sh!t in the woods?

 

[Yardie]

Early bird gets the worm?

If the bird doesn't open the door how can it get the worm?

 

[StillAtLarge]

It's a perfectly cromulent expression like 'The early door gets the worm'.

Do you watch digital foundry's vids by any chance

 

[TheFourPillars]

If the bird doesn't open the door how can it get the worm?

The old saying is the early bird catches the worm. Doors dont exist in the wild

 

[Mr Lizard]

a door in the hand is worth two in the wild

 

[marklar]

Doors dont exist in the wild

Trapdoor spiders would like a word

 

[toomanysquibs]

The old saying is the early bird catches the worm. Doors dont exist in the wild

A bit early doors to say that doors don't exist in the wild.

What if one got thrown out, and turned feral?

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/early-doors

 

[Brant]

The old saying is the early bird catches the worm. Doors dont exist in the wild

Ah, you're from that school of door thought...

"If an early door closed in the forest & nobody was there to hear it, would it still make a sound?"

 

[grumbleguts]

Ah, you're from that school of door thought...

"If an early door closed in the forest & nobody was there to hear it, would it still make a sound?"

No, sound is a phenomenon unique to biota. Compressional waves travel through the air all the time, it's when they vibrate a tympanic membrane (or similar) that causes nerves to tell the brain that the membrane is vibrating and translates it into sound.

 

[The Jet From Poowong]

 

[moginie]

You haven't done an off season here before I presume?

 

[Brant]

No, sound is a phenomenon unique to biota. Compressional waves travel through the air all the time, it's when they vibrate a tympanic membrane (or similar) that causes nerves to tell the brain that the membrane is vibrating and translates it into sound.

 

[Sixpence]

Ah, you're from that school of door thought...

"If an early door closed in the forest & nobody was there to hear it, would it still make a sound?"

Well, you know what they say.

When one bird closes another bird opens.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Well, you know what they say.

When one bird closes another bird opens.

I thought it was a worm in the hand is worth a door in the bush?

 

[Argy]

I thought it was a worm in the hand is worth a door in the bush?

You hit the nail on the button.